The VPME Podcast – July 2019

Well, we’ve finally gotten round to doing another podcast. It’s been a long time coming due to life getting in the way. Anyway, we’ve had a word with ‘life’ and it assures us it will do its level best not to be such a fucking ballache in the future.

So it’s time for July’s VPME podcast featuring some of the best (mostly) new music we’ve heard over the last few months. From the dream-pop perfection of Hatchie to the visceral explosive power of Control Top to the dark brooding menace of Ice Baths and Drahla to the heartbreaking poetic beauty of Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties, there’s something for everyone, aside perhaps from Robbie Williams fans. And there’s an inordinately high number of Australian artists in the mix this month. Which is like, ripper mate!

ANDY VON PIP - Founder, editor, writer, reviewer, photographer and all-round good guy at the VPME.com.
House photographer for The Academy Music Group, Zuma Press, Event Magazine and Rex Features worldwide. You can check out his photography at
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Has been new music tipster on BBC6 Music, Amazing Radio, and DJ on Strangeways Radio (USA.) Can currently be heard on IWFM Radio. His radio work has been described as sounding like Ian McCulloch on ketamine fused with Ringo Starr.
New music tipster on Amazing Radio, moderator for BBC 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson's Fresh on the Net, former member of "BBC's Sound Of" panel. Written and photographic work has appeared in The Quietus, Music Week, Record Of The Day, The Guardian, GIITV, The Sabotage Times, Bido Lito, The Skinny, Louder Than War. Media partner and curator for Liverpool Sound City.